If the New York Rangers are to put an end to their three-game skid (0-2-1), they must find a way to halt the winnings ways of the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night at Bell Centre.
The Canadiens (4-1-0) have won four in a row, including consecutive overtime victories at home this week against the Seattle Kraken (5-4 on Tuesday) and Nashville Predators (3-2 on Thursday). There’s a certain swagger to this upstart team, which beat out the Rangers for the final playoff berth in the Eastern Conference last season.
That was Montreal’s first trip to the NHL postseason since losing the Stanley Cup Final to the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2021.